Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content.
Source: http://twitter.com/Becomingyoublog/statuses/220784458763210752
extenze tenacious d steve smith zou bisou bisou tim tebow press conference tebow press conference trina
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Japan?s Beer-Free Beer Garden
By Yoree Koh
TOKYO ? Suntory Liquors says it will claim a first in local beer-garden history when it opens its stand this week: No alcohol allowed.
The garden at Tokyo?s swanky Midtown shopping complex will not be serving any alcoholic beverages.?The only beer on tap will be the Japanese brewery?s All-Free, of which the alcohol content is 0.000%. There will also be soda, orange juice and tea. That?s it.
Only open in the afternoon, a Suntory spokeswoman said the company hopes to target daytime shoppers and office workers who want a refreshing drink but can?t get boozy because they ?still have things to do.? Japan Real Time has more.
Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/07/04/japans-beer-free-beer-garden/?mod=WSJBlog
rachel crow steelers browns va tech dan gilbert david stern david stern julian beever
Teeny Fly Likely Cuts Off Tiny Heads
60-Second Science |
More Science
A newly discovered phorid fly is less than half-a-millimeter long and, if its like its relatives, parasitizes and decapitates tiny ants. Sophie Bushwick reports.
July 3, 2012?|
More 60-Second Science
Subscribe via iTunes
How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it actually feel an insect?s tiny, spindly legs? And how do cherry blossoms know when to bloom? Can they...
Read More??
Fruit flies are pretty small. But they laugh at a species of fly recently discovered in Thailand. Dubbed Euryplatea nanaknihali, this member of the phorid fly family is less than half a millimeter long?a fifth the size of a fruit fly.
But before you ooh and aah over the ?cute widdle bug,? bear in mind that it probably makes its living cutting off the heads of tiny ants. The fly is described in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America. [Brian V. Brown, Small Size No Protection for Acrobat Ants: World's Smallest Fly Is a Parasitic Phorid (Diptera: Phoridae)]
Many phorid species lay their eggs in living ants. The newly hatched larvae move to the ants? heads, feed on them and eventually decapitate them.
But some ants were considered immune to the parasitic threat because they were too small for any known fly species to fit into their heads. With the discovery of the littlest phorid fly, however, that size advantage?or rather, lack-of-size advantage?vanishes.?
It?s not definite yet, but the new little fly probably is an ant eater: its pointy abdomen is well adapted to pierce an ant?s body for egg-laying purposes. How adorable is that?
?Sophie Bushwick
[The above text is a transcript of this podcast]
Source: http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=0f77013b0bf7625a71e5e1d9dc6a15ad
nfl playoffs cincinnati bengals bengals the stand josh mcdaniels cotton bowl wizards of waverly place
Photo tips for a sparkling Fourth of July
12 hrs.
Heading out with the family for July 4th fireworks celebrations is a time-honored tradition. And, if you're like me, you enjoy capturing those memories in pictures. But photographing fireworks with no camera shake and proper exposure is difficult, unless you know these simple tricks:
1. Use a tripod
When you take picture of fireworks, the camera needs to hold the shutter open long enough to ?see? the fireworks. The longer the shutter is open, the more susceptible your photo is to motion blur. So use a tripod to make sure there?s no movement. For open areas, use a stand-alone model with telescoping legs like the Dolica AX620B100 Proline($38.40). A more mobile option is the Joby GorillaPod($12.30), which can wrap around trees and poles or stand up on the ground.
2. Use the ?fireworks? scene mode
Most point-and-shoot cameras have a button or dial with ?SCN? or ?Scene? on it. Otherwise you?ll find it under the ?menu? button. When you put your camera in scene mode, a list of the available modes will pop up on screen. Select the one that looks like a spray of fireworks and/or says "fireworks."
Most cameras sold today have a "fireworks" mode. Some models I recommend include the GE Smart J1470S (an affordable 14MP camera with a 7x lens, $105.29), Nikon Coolpix AW100 (an extremely rugged 16MP camera, $289.95) and the Canon PowerShot S100 (a 12MP camera with a superfast f/2 lens for great low light photography, $363.95).
You can find all of my recommended cameras in our Digital Camera Buying Guide.
3. If your camera doesn?t have a ?fireworks? scene mode, put it in ?landscape? mode
Your camera automatically tries to find an object on which to focus. And when presented with a black featureless sky, the camera doesn?t know what to do. By putting your camera in ?landscape? mode, you?ll be presetting the focus to infinity and narrowing the lens opening, which keeps both near and far objects?in focus.
4. Turn off the flash
Turning your flash off will let the camera?know that it?only has available light to take a picture. This is important?because the camera will then keep the shutter open long enough to capture the fireworks. The flash button is usually a separate button on the back of the camera. On some cameras, you can?t turn off the flash unless you put it in a scene mode or program mode (P).
5. Turn down the ISO
High ISO will crank up the sensitivity of the camera so it can see details in the dark. However, the fireworks themselves are quite bright. So, to avoid overexposure and reduce film noise, take your camera out of Auto ISO and change the setting to ISO 100 or even lower. The ISO setting is usually found under the main menu. You may have to put your camera in program mode to change this setting.
More from Techlicious:
Get Suzanne's free daily Techlicious Newsletter or chat with her on?Facebook.
Source: http://www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/gadgetbox/photo-tips-sparkling-fourth-july-858833
dominion power Colorado Springs pga tour Nora Ephron mario balotelli mario balotelli jenny mccarthy
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Kim Dotcom: Joe Biden Ordered the Megaupload Shutdown [Megaupload]
m.i.a. adrianne curry adam levine hoekstra best superbowl commercials 2012 best super bowl ads chrysler super bowl commercial
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Nexus 7 Teardown: Harder To Repair Than Kindle Fire, Easier Than iPad
Less than a week after Google announced the Nexus 7 at Google I/O, the iFixit team disassembled the device. And what they found is a tablet that's a breeze to open up and repair, but not quite as easy as Amazon's Kindle Fire.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/S0i9kvkeZto/
bishop eddie long madonna give me all your luvin video roseanne barr president green party day 26 gronkowski new hunger games trailer
Dara Torres misses out on 6th Olympic team
Dara Torres, left, looks at the results after swimming in the women's 50-meter freestyle final at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials as Kara Lynn Joyce and Jessica Hardy, right, celebrate, Monday, July 2, 2012, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Dara Torres, left, looks at the results after swimming in the women's 50-meter freestyle final at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials as Kara Lynn Joyce and Jessica Hardy, right, celebrate, Monday, July 2, 2012, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Dara Torres, left, and Jessica Hardy waits for the results after swimming in the women's 50-meter freestyle final at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Monday, July 2, 2012, in Omaha, Neb. Hardy won the final. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Dara Torres, right, congratulates Kara Lynn Joyce after swimming in the women's 50-meter freestyle final at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Monday, July 2, 2012, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Dara Torres swims in the women's 50-meter freestyle final at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Monday, July 2, 2012, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ? Dara Torres lingered in the water after the other swimmers had climbed out of the pool.
Her long career was finally over.
She wanted to soak up the moment as long as possible.
The 45-year-old Torres came up short in her bid to make it to the Olympics for a sixth time. She finished fourth in the final of the 50-meter freestyle Monday night, her only event at the U.S. swimming trials.
"This is really over," Torres said. "That's it, I'm going to enjoy some time with my daughter, have a nice summer and cheer on the U.S. team."
After winning three silver medals at the Beijing Olympics, Torres underwent radical knee surgery and put all her hopes into a chaotic dash from one end of the pool to the other. But Jessica Hardy won in 24.50 seconds, while Kara Lynn Joyce took the other Olympic spot in 24.73.
"Obviously I was hoping to make the team," Torres said. "That was my goal and missing it by less than a tenth of a second is tough, but I don't think there's anything I could have changed."
Torres was denied a trip to London by nine-hundredths of a second, also touching behind third-place Christine Magnuson (24.78). Torres smiled when she saw her time (24.82) and hugged both Hardy and Joyce. When Torres finally got out, she began motioning for her daughter, 6-year-old Tessa, to join her.
Torres walked into the stands, still dripping wet, and scooped up Tessa, who was wearing a green shirt that said "Go Mom."
"She's bummed she's not going to London now," Torres said. "I told her I'd still take her."
In the last event of the eight-day trials, Andrew Gemmell won the grueling 1,500 freestyle in 14 minutes, 52.19 seconds. Connor Jaeger was right with him all the way, taking the second spot for London in 14:52.51.
Torres said she had the same nervous anticipation before her last race as she did at her first U.S. trials in 1984, when she earned a spot in the Los Angeles Games. She had no illusions about being a serious medal contender in London, but she wanted to end her career with one more trip to the Olympics.
"Being 45, getting fourth in Olympic trials against girls almost half my age, it's OK," Torres said. "I'm used to winning, but that wasn't the goal here. The goal was to try to make it. I didn't quite do it, but I'm really happy with how I did. I was able to hang in there.
Hardy said it was an honor to compete against Torres, who retired twice but came back to win five medals at the 2000 Sydney Games, then three more silvers in Beijing. This time, she's retiring for good.
"I love racing Dara," the 25-year-old Hardy said. "I wish she could have made it this year, but swimming with her the past couple years has been really an awesome treat for sure."
Hardy failed to qualify for the Olympics in her best event, the 100 breaststroke, but she bounced back to win the 100 and 50 freestyle, capping her comeback from a failed doping test that kept her off the team four years ago. An arbitration panel ruled that Hardy was the victim of a tainted supplement.
"Doing so well, winning two races here, I couldn't have predicted this in a million years," Hardy said. "I'm so happy and so grateful that this meet went as it did."
Joyce didn't even get out of the preliminaries of the 100 free, but she came back in the 50 free to make her third Olympic team.
"I didn't start out the meet very well," Joyce said. "I did my best to visualize and prepare my body. It was my one chance to lay it all the line for this 50. I can't believe I did it."
Torres remembered her late coach, Michael Lohberg, who died in 2011 from a rare blood disorder that was diagnosed just before she swam in Beijing.
"I was very emotional before my swim," Torres said. "When I was putting my suit on with my trainer, Anne Tierney, we started crying because I started thinking about Michael. In July of 2010, he had said to me, 'Let's go for this.' I really wanted to finish the story that I started with him. I didn't make it but I know he would have been proud."
___
Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963
Associated Presscowboys slim dunkin slim dunkin will rogers ohio university ohio university keystone xl pipeline
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)